Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skulō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to split, divide”).

Noun

*skulō f

1. (West Germanic) troop; group

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *skulō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skulō	*skulôz
vocative	*skulō	*skulôz
accusative	*skulǭ	*skulōz
genitive	*skulōz	*skulǫ̂
dative	*skulōi	*skulōmaz
instrumental	*skulō	*skulōmiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *skolu
  • Old English: sċolu, sċeolu
    • Middle English: *schole
      • English: shoal
      • Scots: schole
  • Old Frisian: *skole
    • North Frisian:
      • Söl'ring: Skuul
      • Fering: skuul
      • Öömrang: skuul
      • Halunder: Skuul
      • Bökingharde: schölj
    • West Frisian: skoal
  • Old Saxon: scola, skola
    • Middle Low German: schōle
  • Old Dutch: *skola
    • Middle Dutch: schōle
      • Dutch: school
      • → Middle English: scole
        • Scots: scule, scuill, skole
        • English: school
      • → Danish: skole
  • → Latin: schola (“troop of soldiers”)